Improvement in horse hat-forks



L. H'AVERSHCK Horse H'ay Fo rk.

No; 85,139 Paten td Jan. 12, 1868.

Witnesses; inventor a Levi HAvnns'rroK State;

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,, or MANOR crowusnirr PEENsXLY rILA, esslenoamoiumsnnu AND ABRAHAM-W. SHUMAN. or .sAMn rLAoE.

" Letters- Patew zt NmBofl 39, dated January 1 2.1869; aatedctecZ-Decembe'r 26,1868.

3 -To all oohma it may concern.-

, Be a knownthat I, Lnvr- HAvERserck, of Manor township, inthe county of Lancaster, and State of Iennsylvania, have invented a new and useful co1nbination on Horse Hay-Forks and I do hereby declare that thefollo'wing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a persne'ctiveview of the fork when "closed. a

.' Figure 2, the same, on a reducedscale, with the tines-separated.

-The nature of my invention consists inproviding "a selfilockingeleverarrangement that will not 'unship 1 in hoisting by strikinga beam or object; also, in the mode of attaching the hoisting-rope so as to obviate the objections found against 'contrivances heretofore 'in use when the hoisting-ropeis attached to an exi tended arm or top of a centralcolum'n or tine-support.

, To. enable others'skilied'in the art to'make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction. and operation. Y j

Fig. 1 clearly. shows the hook or tihe A, with its short arm a, as alsothe' hook or, tine B, with it elongated arm.b, terminatedwith an eye, e, in which a pulley may be inserted for thefunshifting-rope I.

The same arms, lever,andtoggle joint, and hoisting-rope connect-ions willanswer' equally well when two hooks or tines are used, connected to the arms below the pivot-bolt mentioned.

The operation is such that when the crooked lever G is pressed down upon the curved tine A, it effect .lally locks. the tines, and cannot be unlocked while hoisting upward, no matter how hard it may strike against any object, as it is so arranged as to act onlyin the contrary direction, by passing the cord 1, attached to the lever, through the eye 0," on the long arm I), so that in unshifting, the lever-nrmO is raised upward. When turned over .the centre, the pressure or weight of the hay will throw the lever-arm to the opposite side, an open the tines so as to dislodge the hay at once and freely, when the empty hook will swing freely, and can be easily returned for a fresh load.

- The advantage in aliixing the hoisting-rope in the manner shown, is in enabling the operator to draw the same back on the haygnow fromuuder the tackle with more eas'e, and in various ways it facilitates the operation of the same.

' I a m aware that inpatent No. '47',9 82; 'M ay' 30, 1865, two levers for toggle-arms are combined with jiinged or tinedjaws, and also placing the hoisting ring out of the centre of thefork, with-a view to facilitate the opening and closing of v the fork, but the tines I are difl'erent-ly constructed, and thelever' and togglejoint or bar operate in'a reverse manner, so that I do vnot claimsuch a construction and operation shown or claimed in said patent, nor the subsequent patent of the same party, No. 48,029, where he introduces a hand-lever O.

It will be noticed that the toggle-joint or lever D on my fork is connected with the ,short arm a of the tine A, and also with the enlarged heel of the lever O,

' the lever 0 having its fulcrum on a separate pin'on the extended arm I) of the tine-B, and operates in a'difi'erent manner, while the hoisting-rope is connehtcd-with the fulcrum or pivot of the jaws or tines. Hence, my construct-ion differs essentially in very important points.

Years of experimenting with all kinds of hooks has satisfied me that farmers require a hook better adapted to meet the diversity of contingencies, which I have aimed to accomplish;

What I claim as my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

The fastening or connecting-bolt E, with its eye, for

the attachment of the hoisting-rope, in combination,

with the extended arm I), with its eye, for the triggen rope, all a1'ranged"a-ud operating in the manner and for the purpose specified. 1

a LEVI HAVERSTIOK.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL LIVELY, Juo. A. BRUSH. 

